42nd Street Shuttle
The 5th Ave station is maintained only by the line 7, otherwise the shuttle and 7 are parallel.
The 42nd Street Shuttle (also: Grand Central / Times Square Shuttle ) is one of three lines, which are called shuttle ( S), and 1.3 kilometers, the shortest line of the New York subway. It operates between 6 and midnight clock, the travel time between the two single stations is one minute. At night, the operation is sufficient on the parallel line 7.
In the MTA, the line is also referred to as " line 0", to distinguish them from the other shuttles, of Rockaway ( line H ), and the Franklin Avenue shuttle ( line S). It is the only line of the former operator IRT (now with numbers designated lines) that runs underground on her all the way.
History
The shuttle is a remnant of the original four-track Subway, which opened on 27 October 1904 by City Hall to the Upper West Side was the first subway in the city. The two inner tracks were traversed by express trains, the exterior of the retaining at each station " Locals". On 1 August 1918 the line was divided and formed from two trunk routes, one along the 7th Avenue and Broadway ( "West Side Line " 1, 2, 3) and one along the southern Park Avenue ( 4th Ave. ) And Lexington Avenue ( " East Side Line" 4, 5, 6).
This was the power of the IRT H -shaped, with the horizontal bars representing the new S- Shuttle. The former Express Track 2 southbound platform was removed during a renovation at Grand Central Station, the former Express track 3 ends there today dull. The northernmost track 4 (formerly " local" ) is still connected to the " 7th Avenue / Broadway Line", the "local " track 1 and - indirectly - track 3 is still at the " Lexington Avenue Line ." A continuous operation of, for example, 125th St. to City Hall or return is not due to the absence of a shunt connection between the tracks 3 and 4, but possible.
In Times Square, the former tracks are still largely in place, they were at the northwestern end station spans only with pedestrian climbing at platform level.
Operation
The traction material consists of vehicles of type R62A, of which a total of 825 examples were built between 1985 and 1987. On the 42nd Street Shuttle cars of series 1900 are used as three-and four -car trains. The ten vehicles in the distance are part of the inventory of the depot Jerome Yard in the Bronx.
Each track is traveled by a " private " shuttle train in both directions. The trains each have a driver to allow a tight clock by a rapid change of direction at both ends.
After a train timetable needs depending on drive 1 to 3 minutes for the ride.
Gallery
42nd Street Shuttle: train on platform 4 in Grand Central Station
Rebuilding plan Grand Central Station 1918 - the " station extension for shuttle track" was not realized, the trains use the " Present subway station "